A Rural Life Christmas 2026

About this event

* Please note these are not tickets to Louisiana Lights .*

Step back in time and celebrate the season at our annual 19th-century Louisiana Christmas event! Experience the sights, sounds, and flavors of the holidays with live music, skilled artisans, captivating storytellers, and costumed re-enactors bringing history to life. The festivities start at 10:00 AM and go until dusk. Returning this year - the evening will conclude with a traditional bonfire on the museum grounds!

Food Tent open from 11 am - 2 pm and will include gumbo, baked goods, chili dogs, and nachos.

Featured activities include:

• Writing letters to Santa

• Pictures with Papa Noël

• Traditional Christmas crafts like tin ornaments, pine cone sheep, and christmas crackers

• Artisan demonstrations

• Bread baking and open-hearth cooking

• Decorated homes

• Hands-on history like butter making, candle dipping, and coffee roasting

• Victorian games

Live music & dancing with:

• Alpha & Omega Greater King David Choir

• Ashley Orlando

• Baton Rouge Pipes & Drums

• Bells Jubilate

• The Caledonian Society of Baton Rouge

• The Delta Gentlemen

• Hot Tunica

• Just A Trace

• Lagniappe Dulcimer Society

• Lagniappe Historic Dance & Pastime Society

• A Ukuele Choir

A Rural Life Christmas is rain or shine. No refunds. Unused tickets will be considered a donation to the museum.

No pets allowed.

From LSU Rural Life Museum